Tathagata Roy said contesting the polls involves large expenses. (File)
Kolkata:
Veteran BJP leader Tathagata Roy, known for his controversial comments, triggered fresh row Tuesday for his tweet that some actor-turned-BJP candidates who never had anything to do with politics were fielded by the party only to concede electoral defeat in the West Bengal assembly poll.
He called three new political entrants from the tinsel world in BJP who were defeated by big margins as politically stupid .
Mr Roy tweeted that a BJP ticket to contest an election involves lots of expense to run the poll campaign. Film and TV actors who never had anything to do with politics, let alone BJP, were handed tickets by BJPs election management team. Parno Mitra (Baranagar), Srabanti Chatterjee (Behala West), Payel Sarkar (Behala East). These women were so politically stupid that they had gone on a steamer trip with TMCs playboy-politician Madan Mitra less than a month before elections and shot selfies
TMC cancer at last stage, says BJP candidate Hiron Chatterjee ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 12:48 IST
Kharagpur (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): While visiting a polling station at Kharagpur on Thursday, actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency, Hiron Chatterjee said the TMC (Trinamool Congress) cancer is at the last stage .
Speaking to ANI, Chatterjee said: People of Kharagpur Sadar want parivartan change in Bengal. The area has gone back 100 years, they want to reverse that. I am fighting on behalf of them.
He further said the people of Kharagpur have been experiencing atrocities for the last 70 years, adding that the citizens wanted to get rid of false statements, looting, terrorism and repeated threats.
Uniindia: Jhargram, Mar 15 (UNI) Union Home Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah on Monday highlighted designated schemes for the tribal community of the state.
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